diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index e2975939126abe4b949e3e7f0d09f8790ba81260..a12c45b65dd42bc1712f23c7050923a6d83eed28 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ void nfs_release_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 	kref_put(&req->wb_kref, nfs_free_request);
 }
 
+static int nfs_wait_bit_uninterruptible(void *word)
+{
+	io_schedule();
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * nfs_wait_on_request - Wait for a request to complete.
  * @req: request to wait upon.
@@ -186,14 +192,9 @@ void nfs_release_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 int
 nfs_wait_on_request(struct nfs_page *req)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	if (!test_bit(PG_BUSY, &req->wb_flags))
-		goto out;
-	ret = out_of_line_wait_on_bit(&req->wb_flags, PG_BUSY,
-			nfs_wait_bit_killable, TASK_KILLABLE);
-out:
-	return ret;
+	return wait_on_bit(&req->wb_flags, PG_BUSY,
+			nfs_wait_bit_uninterruptible,
+			TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 
 /**